The Holy Icon of Panagia Koroniotissa and the Holy Cara of Hieromartyr Seraphim in Morphobouni Karditsatranslated

With the reception of the holy icon of the Virgin Mary "Koroniotissa" and the Holy Cara of the Holy and glorious hieromartyr Seraphim, Archbishop of Fanarios and Neochorio, the worship services continued on the afternoon of Saturday August 15, 2026 at the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Morfobouni. After the reception of the sacred respects in the area of ​​the square, the Vespers service was held in the Holy Church, during which the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Thessaliotidos and Phanariofersalon, Mr. Timotheus, officiated.

In his speech, on the occasion of the apostolic reading from the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Philippians, which is read during the Mother of God holidays and especially during the feast of the Dormition of the Virgin, he focused on the "view of Christ" and the importance of the Lord's emptying for the life of man.

As he mentioned, the Apostle Paul calls believers to acquire the same attitude as Christ. This opinion is manifested in the voluntary self-emptying of the Lord, who, while being perfect God, assumed human nature and became man. It is about the great mystery of the Incarnation, in which in the one person of Jesus Christ the divine and the...